Senior Employee Relations Advisor – Human Resources

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Interim Senior Employee Relations Advisor – Human Resources
Reference no: West Yorkshire BL TCL 361312
Pay Rate: £21.23 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 6 months
City: LEEDS
Hybrid working
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NB: Police Vacancy - only for candidates with a minimum of 5 years continuous UK address history. Please note that this vacancy is subject to a strict security vetting procedure.
A Senior Employee Relations Advisor is required to oversee and co-ordinate the delivery of an efficient and effective professional customer focused Employee Relations Service to all staff and managers in accordance with Force Objectives, Policy and Procedure and legislative requirements. To be subject expert on specialist areas of HR and lead on complex case management to the final stage.
Key responsibilities:
Lead by example and behave in line with the Police Code of Ethics ensuring that the force values and behavioural expectations are clearly understood and considered by managers, officers and staff in their decision making and actions; reinforcing and influencing them through all interactions and processes.
Proactively manage the performance, attendance and wellbeing of police officers and police staff against the required standards to ensure they are dealt with and supported in accordance with the correct policies and procedures.
Provide effective leadership to a team of Employee Relations Advisers in order to provide a professional, flexible and customer focussed service. Establish and maintain a performance management framework which takes account of timescales, quality of service, consistency and continuous improvement. Allocate complex cases, monitor workloads and provide support, expert advice, coaching and guidance to enable the delivery of an effective Employee Relations service.
Act as subject expert within the team on all ER related matters, maintaining a thorough understanding of current and forthcoming legislation, case law and emerging best practice. Work with colleagues to share specialist knowledge in order to build resilience in the team. Contribute to the modernisation, engagement and performance of the workforce including responsibility for the delivery of specific areas of the Employee Relations Delivery Plan.
As a subject expert provide professional advice and direction in the final stages of case management, including support and advice at Discipline and other Appeal hearings, Limited duty panels and attending Police Medical Appeal Board (PMAB) appeals, in line with Police Regulations, Conditions of Service, employment legislation, policy and other legislation.
Lead a team of Employee Relations Advisers in the design, delivery and evaluation of a range of effective and enabling People policies that provide a clear framework for effective people management and take account of relevant legislation, procedural requirements and best practice.
As the Employee Relations Lead, support the successful implementation of organisational change, collaborative agreements, and other reviews, ensuring that arrangements are delivered to meet the requirements of the Force.
Oversee and contribute to an effective process of negotiation and consultation with Trade Unions and Staff Associations, participating in formal consultation and informal meetings as required and establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
Provide professional and expert advice, briefings, coaching and training in relation to People policies, processes, legislation and case law. Prepare high quality People reports for the People Senior Leadership Team, Chief Officer Team and other Senior Leaders which demonstrate performance against agreed performance targets and which highlight risks and areas for improvement.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement of systems, processes and service standards. Undertake regular research, compliance audits, case reviews and pulse checks to identify areas for improvement and develop associated action plans.
Undertake any other People work as directed, including working at different locations in order to provide business continuity and to enable the Employee Relations team as a whole to fulfil force-wide needs.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
Qualified to level 7 CIPD.
Chartered member of CIPD (MCIPD) desirable.
Experience:
Significant proven experience in the support and management of complex ER matters.
Previous experience of advising on complex people management cases.
Experience of policy design and development.
Proven experience of consulting and negotiating with Trade Unions and Staff Associations.
Previous experience of supporting Organisational Change.
Previous experience of successfully leading a team desirable.
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Skills & Abilities:
Proven ability to develop, interpret and provide advice to managers and senior leaders on a diverse range of HR policies, processes, Employment Law and Terms and Conditions.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
Ability to travel around the Force area.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
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Job Ref: West Yorkshire BL TCL 361312
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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